Privacy Policy

Last updated October 17, 2019

This Privacy Policy describes the information that VIDEO SQUIRREL, INC. (“we” or “Company”) collects via (1) the website at videosquirrel.app (“Website”), (2) the Video Squirrel software application (the “App”) and (3) video content created and/or distributed using or in connection with the Website and/or App (“Video Content”), and the uses and disclosures that we will make of that information. The Service, App and Video Content may be referred to collectively as the “Service”.

By using the Service, you acknowledge that we are collecting, processing and disclosing your information in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not want us to collect, process or disclose your information in this way, please do not use our Service or otherwise provide us with any information.

Information we collect and how we use it:

1) Personal Information

Types of Personal Information

We may collect personal information that identifies you as an individual, such as:

  • Your first and last name and/or company name
  • Your postal address (including billing and shipping addresses)
  • Your e-mail address
  • Your telephone number
  • Your date of birth
  • Your employment and education details
  • Your interests and hobbies
  • Photographs of you
  • Payment card and bank account information and purchase/transaction details
  • Information regarding your social media accounts, if you use the Service as an Influencer (e.g., last post/upload, the number of people following your social media account, the number of accounts you are following, and information about user interactions with your posts and your use of the social media platform)
  • Other information that you make available via the Service or provide to us
  • Collection of Personal Information We may collect personal information when you participate in various opportunities that we may provide from time-to-time, for example:
  • When you create an account and/or a profile on the Service
  • When you register for communications through the Service
  • When you make a request or submit a question or suggestion
  • When you post content on the Service (e.g., as a brand owner posting information about opportunities for social media influencers to create content on your behalf) or otherwise interact with posts on the Service or other features of the Service (e.g., as a social media influencer who selects opportunities to create content for brand owners)
  • When you submit or otherwise provide content and information to us or the Service

We do not combine information that we collect about you via the Service with information that we collect or that you provide to us through other sources. Sure information is not used except for your order fulfillment or unless you want to interact for suggestions with the software.

You may decide not to provide information to us, but certain features of the Service may not be available (or we may elect not to provide you with certain services) if you choose not to do so.

Use and Disclosure of Personal Information

Certain information that you provide may be publicly available via the Service. For example, information submitted to the Service for your profile will be available to all other users of the Service.

Personal Information may also be used by us, or by third parties providing services to us or on our behalf, for one or more of the following purposes:

  • Operate and provide our Service and maintain back-ups of our databases
  • To enable and monitor your use of the Service
  • Communicate with you (e.g., to respond to your inquiries, collect your suggestions, fulfill your requests) and send you information regarding the Service or terms, conditions, policies and/or other administrative information
  • Process payments and information relating to transactions (e.g., purchases and sales of goods and services, refunds, payments to brand owners and influencers) and keep records of those transactions
  • To provide users of the Service with information about social media influencers and brand owners who utilize the Service
  • Send you marketing communications, including information about our services and upcoming opportunities and deals
  • To offer, market and sell goods and/or services of Brand Owners
  • Personalize your experience on the Service
  • Allow you to use the Service in your capacity as a Brand Owner, Influencer and/or customer
  • Enable our business purposes, such as data analysis, audits, researching and developing new products and services, enhancing the Service, improving our services, developing marketing events, identifying usage trends and determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it
  • In any other way we may describe when you provide the information
  • For any other purpose with your consent
  • To learn more about social media influencers and brand owners that use the Service and identify social media influencers and brand owners that may be compatible with one another, and/or to determine whether a social media influencer meets the criteria for a brand owner
  • To process transactions and notify third parties involved in the transaction (e.g., the brand owner who fulfills the order, the payment processor)
  • Identify you as the contributor of content and information that is submitted to us for purposes of being shared via the Service or otherwise (e.g., Video Content)
  • Allow you to communicate and interact with others through the Service (e.g., through messaging functionality)

In the course of any of these activities, we may provide information collected to affiliates or third parties, or information provided by you may be transmitted directly to such affiliates or third parties. For example, the following third parties may receive your information:

  • Companies and individuals we employ or engage to perform business functions on our behalf or that we otherwise use to support our business. An example of a third party that could receive your personal information is our payment services provider, Stripe, Inc., and its affiliates. You can find information about the payment services providers' privacy policies and practices at http://stripe.com/legal.
  • Brand owners from whom you purchase goods and services via the Service
  • To any parent company, subsidiaries, and affiliates
  • To a buyer or other successor in the event of a merger, divestiture or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by us about users of our Service is among the assets transferred
  • To our professional advisers for the purposes of managing risks, obtaining professional advice, or the establishment, exercise or defense of legal claims
  • To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it (e.g., if you are a social media influencer, we may disclose your information to brand owners for them to determine if they might be interested in content created by you)
  • For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information

With your consent:

We may also use and disclose personal information as we believe to be necessary or appropriate: (a) under applicable law; (b) to comply with legal process and for any legal purpose; (c) to investigate security breaches; (d) to respond to requests from public and government authorities; (e) to enforce our terms and conditions; (f) to protect our operations; (g) to protect our and your rights, privacy, safety or property, and those of others; and (h) to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain.

We may use and disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual (including other types of information discussed below), without restriction.

2) Automatically Collected Information

We may collect information about your use of the Service that is automatically sent to us by your web browser or your internet service provider or available through our analytics tracking or payment processing systems (which may be provided by third parties). This information may include your IP address, geographical location, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your use of the Service.

The amount of information sent by your web browser depends on its settings. Please refer to your browser if you want to learn what information it sends.

We use this type of information to analyze and understand use of the Service, learn about the users of the Service, see which web pages users visit on our Service and before and after using our Service, and improve the service.

We may also use certain technologies (e.g., analytics software, social media click tracking software, to track your online activity to understand how the Service is used, and to obtain information about other websites that you visit (including websites that you visit before or after visiting our Website) and your activity on those websites.

We may obtain information about you by installing a marker on your computer commonly called a “cookie”. Cookies enable us to know you by a computer-generated, unique identifier. By providing you with a unique cookie, we are able to create a database of your previous choices and preferences, and in situations where these choices or preferences need to be collected again they can be supplied by us automatically, saving you time and effort. Cookies may also allow you to stay logged-in to your account.

Additionally, our third party service providers may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information. In addition to using Stripe, Inc. (mentioned above) for payment processing, we use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our Service. Google Analytics gathers information about Service use by means of cookies. The information gathered via Google Analytics relating to our Service is used to create reports about the use of our Service. Google's privacy policy is available at https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, and you can obtain learn "How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps" at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.

Your computer may be specially configured to reject cookies; please refer to your browser for more information. Many websites will allow you to visit without accepting cookies, but some features of our Website may not work properly if you choose to reject cookies.

For your convenience, our Service may contain hyperlinks to other websites. This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected on the Service and not to information collected on linked sites. We encourage you to be aware when you leave the Service and to read the privacy statements of each linked site.

Children’s Information

We encourage parents and guardians to take an active role in their children’s online activities. We do not target our Service to children less than 18 years of age or knowingly collect information from children for the purpose of selling products or services. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 13, please contact us at help@videosquirrel.app.

“Do Not Track”

Do Not Track (“DNT”) is a privacy preference that users can set in certain web browsers. Our Website does not currently respond to DNT signals.

Information Security

No method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is completely secure. Therefore, we cannot guarantee the security of your information. If you have any questions about security on our Service, you can send an email to us at email address specified below.

Changes to Your Information

If you would like to access, review or change any information that we have collected about you, you may (1) edit and view information provided as part of your account by accessing such account, or (2) email us at privary@videosquirrel.app with your request.

Changes in this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Privacy Policy at any time, so please review it frequently. If we make material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you here, by e-mail, or by means of a notice on our home page.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, contact us at privacy@videosquirrel.app